Minister Delegate in charge of Health and Prevention Frédéric Valletoux announced this Friday that he planned to bring together “associations, employers and health professionals” “No deviation should be tolerated!” he also declared, invoking the Metoo movement. This announcement comes two days after the publication of a Paris Match investigation questioning sexism in the hospital world, particularly through the behavior of emergency physician Patrick Pelloux.
In this article, the doctor is described as a “sexual predator” by infectious disease specialist Karine Lacombe, head of the infectious diseases department at Saint-Antoine hospital in Paris. She accuses him of “behavior marked by sexual domination”. “Sexism” and ‘sexual violence’ should not be tolerated, says the Minister Delegate, adding that “sexism’ and “ sexual violence” should be ‘excluded’ from the definition of hospital work.